OS X, 2400, and Ethernet

[Ivan Drucker]

A while ago I posted my story of getting 10.1 onto my 2400, and how I 
found a cheap CompUSA Cardbus ethernet card for which I could download 
drivers from Realtek. This is all still good, but I occasionally get 
network lockups, and I wonder how robust the Realtek drivers really are. 
(Also, maybe it's better on 10.2, which I haven't yet tried.)

I know that Mac OS X includes drivers for certain DEC and Intel ethernet 
chipsets, and theoretically if you had a card based on those, no 
additional software would be necessary. Proxim (Farallon) specifically 
lists four of their cards that work with OS X out of the box, but they 
are all desktop cards. I myself tried a Linksys MPC200 Cardbus card, 
which I thought used the DEC Tulip chipset, and it didn't work with 
10.1.5, but I didn't really consider it to be a conclusive test.

So, I am wondering, has anyone used any ethernet PC Cards with Mac OS X 
on their 2400's which did not require additional drivers? I'd be 
interested to know.

Thanks,
Ivan.